“I’m in favor of abortion being legal in the case of rape and incest and the health and life of the mother. But recognize, this is the decision that will be made by the Supreme Court. The Democrats try and make this a political issue every four years, but this is a matter in the courts. It’s been settled for some time in the courts.”

Volsky asks if this constitutes a shift: Romney had previously only allowed for an exception for rape, incest, and the life of the mother, not her health. But there is no shift, Romney spokesperson Andrea Saul tells me. She emails:

“Gov. Romney’s position is clear: he opposes abortion except for cases of rape, incest and where the life of the mother is threatened.”

* The GOP platform makes it official: The Republican plan is to transform Medicare into a voucher program that will supposedly be “fiscally sound.” Paul Krugman asks:

So where are the savings? The answer is, it’s basically a way to deny health care to people while denying that you’re doing so. You don’t say, “we won’t pay for this care”, you just hand people a voucher and let them discover that it won’t buy adequate insurance.

* The Progressive Change Campaign Committee is seizing on the hurricane heading towards Tampa to organize against Republicans for previous cuts to disaster relief.